Only few days are left for the much anticipated sporting event of the year, London Olympics 2012 to begin. People all around the world are very much excited and thrilled to witness the biggest sports event. To fulfill the desire of witnessing their favorite sports events live, all sports lovers have already purchased the tickets for respective events without fail. As a result, millions of tickets were sold out as hot cakes. People have not hesitated to spend their hard earned hundreds of pounds in buying tickets for various events. However, the excitement has turned into disappointment by seeing the seating plans.
As per a recent report posted in London's The Telegraph, several fans are greatly dissatisfied with their sitting place. They have figured out their sitting place from the details given on the passes. They came to know that in spite of spending a big amount for tickets, their seats will not give them the clear view which they had hoped for. It seems that people who have opted for highest-priced tickets AA and A will get seats that are much farther from the main venue, which was totally unexpected.
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The report has also mentioned about a fan whose name is not revealed. He had spent a whopping £725 for AA-tier passes for the 100m final to get excellent view of the competition. Plus, he purchased the ticket on the very first day when the tickets were put on sale, so that he could get the best chair. However, he was shocked to see that he has been given a seat in ninth row on ground level on the opposite side of the stadium.
Another spectator who had bought AA diving tickets for £450 was also taken aback to find that he has been given a seat that is more than 40m away from the diving board. Moreover, the fact which was even more shocking is that another spectator who had bought tickets in much cheaper C category costing £185, has been provided with seat that is at a similar distance of 40m away from the diving board. The only difference is that it is on the other side of the grandstand.
In addition to providing this unimpressive seating plan for spectators, the Locog (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) has also failed to highlight any of the seating plans about the seating arrangements for international media & broadcasters and VIPs including politicians, heads of state and Olympic officials. Locog has also refused to comment on how many seats are reserved for above mentioned group at each event.
Seating arrangements for various sports categories to be held in London Olympics 2012 are given below:
Aquatics Centre - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Diving, click here.
To view seating plans for Modern Pentathlon, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
To view seating plans for Swimming, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Basketball Arena - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Basketball, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
To view seating plans for Handball, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
BMX Track - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Cycling-BMX, click here.
Box Hill - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Cycling-Road, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, and Download 3.
City of Coventry Stadium - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Football, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, Download 3, Download 4, Download 5, and Download 6.
Copper Box - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Handball, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
To view seating plans for Modern Pentathlon, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Cycling - Road Race - Road events
To view seating plans for Cycling-Road, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, and Download 3.
Earls Court - London venues
To view seating plans for Volleyball, click here.
Eton Dorney - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Canoe Sprint, click here.
To view seating plans for Rowing, click here.
ExCeL - London venues
To view seating plans for Boxing, click here.
To view seating plans for Fencing, click here.
To view seating plans for Judo, click here.
To view seating plans for Taekwando, click here.
To view seating plans for Table Tennis, click here.
To view seating plans for Weight Lifting, click here.
To view seating plans for Wrestling, click here.
Greenwich Park - London venues
To view seating plans for Equestrian, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
To view seating plans for Modern Pentathlon, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Hadleigh Farm - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Cycling-Mountain Bike, click here.
Hampden Park - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Football, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, Download 3, Download 4, Download 5, and Download 6.
Hampton Court Palace - London venues
To view seating plans for Cycling-Road, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, and Download 3.
Horse Guards Parade - London venues
To view seating plans for Beach Volleyball, click here.
Hyde Park - London venues
To view seating plans for Swimming, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
To view seating plans for Triathlon, click here.
Lee Valley White Water Centre - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Canoe Slalom, click here.
Lord's Cricket Ground - London venues
To view seating plans for Archery, click here.
Marathon - Road events
To view seating plans for Archery, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
10km Marathon Swimming - Road events
To view seating plans for Swimming, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Millennium Stadium - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Football, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, Download 3, Download 4, Download 5, and Download 6.
North Greenwich Arena - London venues
To view seating plans for Basketball, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Old Trafford - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Football, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, Download 3, Download 4, Download 5, and Download 6.
Olympic Stadium - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Athletics, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Race Walk - Road events
To view seating plans for Athletics, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
Riverbank Arena - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Hockey, click here.
St. James' Park - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Football, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, Download 3, Download 4, Download 5, and Download 6.
The Mall - London venues
To view seating plans for Athletics, click on the following links, Download 1 and Download 2.
The Royal Artillery Barracks - London venues
To view seating plans for Shooting, click here.
Triathlon - Road events
To view seating plans for Triathlon, click here.
Velodrome - Olympic Park
To view seating plans for Cycling Track, click here.
Wembley Arena - London venues
To view seating plans for Badminton, click here.
Wembley Stadium - London venues
To view seating plans for Football, click on the following links, Download 1, Download 2, Download 3, Download 4, Download 5, and Download 6.
Weymouth & Portland - Out-of-London venues
To view seating plans for Sailing, click here.
Wimbledon - London venues
To view seating plans for Tennis, click here.
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